Memphis police say a 45-year-old woman posing as a lawyer and financial adviser tried to walk out of a bank with $75,000 from an 87-year-old customer’s account, armed with a fat check and what investigators call fake conservatorship papers.
According to Action News 5, the suspect, identified by police as Angela Hasan, 45, first met the elderly victim and her daughter at a business pop-up and offered to help the family with estate planning. Investigators say that pitch turned into a trip to the bank on Feb. 10, where Hasan and the family tried to deposit a $75,000 check drawn on the 87-year-old’s account.
The bank manager refused to process the deposit, but according to the report, $25,000 from the account was nevertheless wired to Hasan. The next day, police say Hasan came back with the same $75,000 check and what appeared to be conservatorship paperwork. Bank employees, already wary, rejected the transaction a second time…